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Quincy Jones at 80 - a life of music and honors

Quincy Jones -- composer, producer, humanitarian -- turns 80 on March 14. He'll be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 18, just one of the many honors over his long life and career. Larsen & Talbert for USA Weekend

Jones during the time he directed his "dream" jazz big band that barnstormed Europe in 1960. Some of those performances are presented on the DVD 'Quincy Jones: Live In '60.' Susan Schapowalow, Reelin' in the Years Productions via AP

Jones was joined by his third wife, actress Peggy Lipton, when his star was placed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on March 14, 1980. The couple was married from 1974 to 1990. Barfield via AP

Jones joins Michael Jackson at the 1984 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Jackson won eight Grammys for his album 'Thriller,' which Jones produced. Jones won four Grammys of his own that year. Doug Pizac, AP

Lionel Richie, clockwise from left, Daryl Hall, Jones, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder work on the 1985 recording of the song 'We Are The World.' The song, recorded as a benefit for famine victims in Ethiopia, featured dozens of the biggest names in music at the time. AP

Jones joined Stevie Wonder, left, in a coast-to-coast recording session, linked to a studio in New York, to record an anti-drug song in Los Angeles in 1987. The project was the recording of 'Stop, Don't Pass Go,' an anti-crack-cocaine song. Sunny Bak, AP

Jones talks with Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper during the Thelonious Monk Institute Tenth Anniversary Jazz Gala in 1996 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Jones was honored at the event for his lifetime contributions to jazz. Greg Gibson, AP

Jones and Harvard philosopher John Rawls talk during Harvard University's commencement in 1997 in Cambridge, Mass. Jones and Rawls were among 11 people who received honorary degrees from the university. In 2000 Harvard endowed the Quincy Jones Professorship of Afro-American Music. Jones has received multiple honorary degrees from universities around the country. Elise Amendola, AP

In 2006 Jones visited former South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. Jones was in the country to meet with a variety of UNICEF partners, including young artists and musicians, on the challenges they were facing in an era of HIV, crime, sexual violence and drug abuse. Rebecca Hearfield, UNICEF via AP

Jones, Chaka Khan and Claude Nobs, right, founder and director of the Montreux Jazz Festival, sing next to a bronze statue of Jones after the unveiling ceremony at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, in 2008. Laurent Gillieron Keystone via AP

Jones, left, Lionel Richie and producer Rickey Minor are seen at the 2010 'We Are The World' recording session in Los Angeles. The remake of the song was a benefit for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Kevin Mazur, WATW via AP

Jones poses with his ex-wife, Peggy Lipton, left, and their daughter, actress Rashida Jones, at the after-party for the premiere of 'Celeste And Jesse Forever' in 2012 in Los Angeles. Rashida Jones co-wrote and starred in the movie. Angela Weiss, Getty Images

Jones brought the members of the Pan-Asian girl group Blush to the 2013 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The group is one of the acts that his new artist management consultancy handles. Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY